Patterned brick wall



3 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. M. WYATT PATTERNED BRICKV WALL File@ Feb. 20. 1929 Oct. 13, 1931.

octfla, 1931. E M WYATT' 1,826,911-

PATTERNED BRICK WALL Filed web. 2o,A 1929 s sheets-sheet 2 Oct. 13, 1931. E. M. www1 1,326,917

PATTERNED BRICK WALL Filed Feb. 2o, 1929 s sheets-sheet 3 Patented Oct. 13, 1931 UN STAT ESL:

EDWIN Mr TYA'IT,A OF MADISON;

oFELcE AMERICAN FACEv BRICK unsre-nonconronerlreu, A` conroaaeron. orh rnLINoi'sv PATTERNED Application,merknaam20f.19?9@ Serial Ito-lclf This invention relatesto improvements Ain patterned brickwall, which the fellovving` isfa specification The present invention 1sv directed to a brick wall in vWhichthe,` bricks, of standard dimensionsv are sc arranwed as tondis lala I n n a patterned groups Whichv include, in eachr ance, and atlthe same time, by reasonof the.v 15, repetition of the.. pattern 7 group, preserving.

a desirable uniformity inthe structure of the Y Wall. Furthermore,A theLk grouping of thel bricksin pattern groupsof thecharacter presently to .be .described lsubserves the Y pur- 20, pose'of tying together or integrating lthegvarious portions of the Wall structure yin suche Way` as Ato prcvide for a substantial saving in the use ofmaterial, and to secure structurali advantagesdue toV theuse ,ofheader bricks 215;k in -the group, arrangement.

The grouping principle exemplified in the present invention is susceptible of various modiiications, which, however, are in the main elaborationsfofthe simpler. arrange.-

gognient, and areprovidedby including,What,

may `be termed supplemental elementsin the, pattern group.,

HIn certainmof. the group arrangements presentlyto'be described, the groupingcon- Y. stituentscomprise bricks standing on edgel as bullstretchers, and bricks presenting theirv ends -to thewall face, termed header bricks.

In the more elaborate eXemplifications of the,

grbup pattern, bricks are included which the inclusion. offbricksset in thesethreedifferent arrangements, the pat-tern group Whether inV` simple, form ,or moreelaborate :torniA is builtup. In order to accentuate the horizontal lines in the` brickv courses, allot the bricksarelaidwith theinmaj or dimensions v:extending horizontally, and horizontal courses are. preserved ,in the Wall Istructure although the. courses areof i greater vertical '1- Width andareprovided by agrouping of `arellaid iatwise as stretcherbricks, and rby bricks rather than by, layingsingle bricks in horizontal courses l inconformity with f the standard practice. A

In the drawings illustrating` the invention, lgurelis lan isometricview of brick wallt exemplifying the simplilied pattern'arrangey, ment ofthe presentinvention.,`l i Figurev is a similarv viewv Shovving'-the` cornerl ofa Well embodying ra pattern which introduces a sub-groupinconjunction With` the group, units of Figurefl. A y Y Figures' 3 and 4 are detail vietvsfshoyvingf the constituent arrangement -ofthe bricks the groups. *A

Figure 5 is anisometric View, showingfa f variantiof the Wall inFig, 2 and including intermediate bricks provided as/fillers. W ithin' the centerof thejivall'. v

vFigure 6J is an isometric View ofa Wall Whichk'iconstitutes a variant of,` the wall of- Figure Qlby introducing an additional sub-.. group unit. v

'l And Figure T isagvdetaril vieivsh'ovvingthe sub-groupy unitv additionally` introduced 'int-o2 the WallotFigure 6. i Referring to Figure- 1, the Vgroup unit', which, for convenience, Wemay termthemain groupvunit, constitutes ap'brickv-l() standing, on edge or in bull-stretcher arrangementto present its broad sider to the face-of the .Wall together with two superposed header .bricks 11 resting upon the edge of the bull stretcher,V brick l0. A similar' arrangement is observed in ,the building of the rear Wall facewhiclr leaves aigap: Whichis bridged over by thje header bricks which thus serve toL bondtogether and integrate the front and rear portions of the wall structure. A single pattern coursewill comprise units with thei constitu-KA ent header sabove the bull stretcher-S alternat ingu with units in Which l the headersli'e. be,- lorv thebull, stretchers, Whicharrangement serves `to tie thev Wall togetherr atralllevels, thereby providing a partially hollow Wallf Which,v however,r possesses.; practically the same elementsof strength andlruggedness as a Wall in which the spaces between the front and rear courses are completelylled up.v It Willbe observedthat a deli-niteA horizontal pattern course, is preserved'-throughout the Wisconsin, AssIGNoR, nrMEsNn .ass1crisis/LnNrs,A To,

wail since the mortar lines are continuous between the group courses made up as above described although, within a single group course, the pattern arrangement provided by the alternately reversed arrangement of the constituents of the attern unit introduces a pleasing design w 'ch serves to break the monotony in the a pearance of the wall.

VIrrthe wall of Eig. 2, the pattern grou 1 inclydes the main unit previously describe which is alternated by a secondary unit or sub-group consisting of a bull-stretcher brick 12 superposed upon a stretcher brick 13. This su -group is clearly shown in Fig. 4. In this 15 wall arrangement, the header bricks of the main group units as shown, all lie above' the bull stretcher brick within the same brick unit and the arrangement, of necessity, separates the tie bricks to a greater extent than is the mi'case in the Wall of'Fi 1. However, if it is desired to additional y reinforce the wali across the lanes occu ied by the stretcher bricks 13, t ls can rea ily be done by the inclusion of intermediate bull stretchers 14,

zsas'in Fig. 5, which rest upon the inwardly rejecting edges and bridge the sli ht gap l, yeen them,-and the provision of t ese intermediate bonding bull stretcher bricks results in the construction of a practically solid iwall built in group courses and completely tiedftogether or integrated at all points.

VA still further variation is shown in Fig. 6,*which, in addition to the main grou unit ,off'rFi 1, and the first sub-group of ig. 4,

s' inclu es the second subgroup shown in Fily A which may be either the main group first eacribed. or the rst subgroup comprising a bullstretcher standing upon a stretcher. As shown in Fig. 6 the second sub-group niav be @variously employed in building the wall a and it'suse introduces a pleasing variation where it is desired to break the regularity ofthe wall structure by the introduction of a smaller snbroup unit than either of the othrlnnits. n this case, as in the others,

5' although the wall pattern is elaborated by the introduction of an additional sub-group unit, it will be observed that the same genegalr horizontal pattern course arrangement Y, isi'retained, the mortar lines being continuous 0' between the pattern courses, liowsoevei' the @nstituent elements of the courses may be srfffaged- Th'present invention is one Which so uti- .ordinary bricks of standard dimen- Y. as sins 4asto introduce into the completed Wall certain elements of recurrent design which clearly distinguish the appearance of the wall from that commonly presented by brick Walls and at the saine time, in each instance, the arrangement sub-serves a definite purpose in knitting together and integrating the structure of the wall as a whole.

In the present invention, furthermore, the header bricks are so distributed throughout the Wall structure as to provide a header brick for each to 60 square inches of wall surface, Which afl'ords a much more 'intimate bond between the front and rear Wall sections than is ordinarilyrequired by building codes, and at the same time the header bricks and vertical joints in tiie Wall structure are distributed much more advantageousl than is customary in brick Walls of standsiiid con struction. In particular, the vertical joints in the present Wall do not come one above the other, and consequently the centers of stretcher bricks do not come directly over the centers of succeeding bricks, so that the strains are carried diagonally into the wall, resulting in a much stronger structure than that afforded by brick walls constructed in the conventional manner.` f

Although the invention has been described with considerable particularit-y, it is not the intention to limit the pattern arrangement strictly to that shown and described since variants thereof within the scope of the appended claims may be introduced Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A brick wall consisting of superposed pattern courses, the contiguous pattern courses beingV separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course including pattern units coinprisnfr a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher and a brick laid flatwise, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher brick and the [iat lying brick of cach unit alternating in the pattern units in the same course to break joints between pattern units, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking joints to present the vertical joints between the pattern units in staggered relation in alternate courses.

2. l brick Wali consisting of superposed patternV courses, the contiguous pattern courses being separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course including pattern units comprising a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher and a brick laid flatwise, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher brick and the fiat lying brick of each unit alternatin in the pattern units in the same course to ireak joints between pattern units, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking joints by an overlap of approximately one-fourth of the length of the pattern units to present the vertical joints between the pattern units in staggered relation in alternate courses.

3. A brick wall consisting of superposed pattern courses, the contiguous pattern courses being separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course includinfy pattern units each comprising a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher, and two header bricks bonded flatwise across the edge thereof and presenting their ends in flush relation to the exposed surface of the wall structure, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher brick and thel flat lying bricks of each unit alternating in the pattern units in the same course to break joints between pattern units, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking joints to present the vertical joints between pattern units in staggered relation in alternate courses.

4. A brick wall consisting of superposed pattern courses, the contiguous pattern courses being separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course including pattern units comprising a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher, and two header bricks bonded flatwise across the edge thereof and presenting their ends in flush re; lation to the exposed surface of the bull stretcher, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher and the fiat lying header bricks alternating in the pattern units of the saine course, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking joints by an overlap of approximately one-fourth of the length of the pattern units to present the vertical ljoints between the pattern units in staggered rela-- tion in alternate courses.

5. A brick wall comprising a front tier consisting of superposed pattern courses, the contiguous pattern courses being separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course including pattern units coinprising a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher and a brick laid flatwise, and two header bricks bond-ed flatwise across the edge thereof and presenting their ends in flush relation to the exposed surface of the bull stretcher, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher and the flat lying header bricks alternating in the pattern units of the saine course, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking oints to present the vertical joints between pattern units in staggered relation in alternate courses, and a rear tier similarly formed of course pattern units including the rearwardly projecting ends of the header bricks of the front wall tier, and bull stretcher bricks corresponding in position to the bull stretcher bricks of the front wall tier, the header bricks serving to bond the two tiers together.

6. A brick wall comprising a front tier consisting of superposed pattern courses, the contiguous pattern courses being separated by uninterrupted horizontal mortar lines, each pattern course including patternunits comprising a brick standing on edge as a bull stretcher, and two header bricks bonded flatwise across the edges thereof and presenting their ends in iush relation to the exposed surface of the bull stretcher, the superposed relation of the bull stretcher and the fiat lying header bricks alternating in the pattern units of the same course, and the pattern units in contiguous courses breaking joints by an overlap of approximately one-fourth of the length of the pattern units to present the vertical joints between the pattern units in staggered relation in alternate courses, and a rear tier similarly formed of course pattern units including the rearwardly projecting ends of the header bricks of the front wall tier, and bull stretcher bricks corresponding in position to the bull stretcher bricks of the front wall tier, the header bricks serving to bond the two tiers together.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of February, 1929.

EDWIN M. WYATT. 

